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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 1989Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1989, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 5:47 PM CDTHail 1.75Beaver, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 062247
TORAMA
OKC007-062345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          ...BEAVER
 
AT 535 PM RADAR IN GARDEN CITY KANSAS INDICATED A TORNADO IN THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHWEST BEAVER COUNTY. SPOTTERS
EARLIER REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM WEST OF LIBERAL. THE STORM
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
IN EXTREME NORTHWEST BEAVER COUNTY ABOUT 530 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver61 min
Jun 6, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver57 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.